Corn-planter



(No, Model.)

-A. RUNSTETLER. Corn-Planter.

Patented June 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATE Q QFFIGE.

ANDREW RUNSTETLER, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE FAItMEBS FRIENDMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,396, dated June 1,1880.

Application filed March 29, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, ANDREW RUNs'rETLER, aresident of Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn- Planters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in corn-planters of the classemploying a main frame mounted on wheels having a seat for the driver,and which main frame is combined with a forward frame mounted onrunners, carrying seeding devices for dropping the seed through the heelof the runners.

1 My improvement consists in providing a segmental lock-plate upon thecentral foot-levers pivoted to the standard supporting the drivers seat,and employed to raise and lower the runner-frame and to control thedepth of fur- 2o row.

My invention also consists in combii'iing with the segmental lock-plateupon the footlever a lock-lever for holding the seedingframe in anygiven position, constituting a 2 5 rigid corn-planter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, showing my invention 5Fig. 2, a front elevation of the same.

A represents the axle of the main frame.

0 0 represents a curved seat-standard. D represents the foot-lever,which is preferably pivoted in a slot cut in the foot of theseat-standard. E represents a slot in the forward part of the lever,through which a pivot-bolt 0n the 3 5 rear end of the runner-framepasses. F represents a foot-piece, which projects up from lever Dsufficiently to be in easy reach of the drivers foot. G represents asegmental notchplate. Seat-standard O is slotted upward suf- 0 ticientlyto allow it to turn with the lever Don pivot P. H represents a metalplate on the front of standard O. I represents a bearing for lock-leverK. L represents a craiilelever, one end of which is pivoted to standard0,

4 5 and to the other end the hook-bar Kis hinged. Crank-lever L isoperated by the hand of the attendant to release and engage lock K Theattendant,

with segmental notches G.

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with his feet, raises or lowers the runner-frame, and with his handsecures or releases lock K.

This device is cheaper and simpler than any hitherto employed forlocking and operating the runner-frame.

The crank-lever Lis placed vertically above the segment, and, beingoperated by a crank, 5 avoids the use of a spring to set or release thelock.

A spring lock-lever might be used with a segment having holes instead ofthe device here shown withoutaft'ecting the invention specified inthefirst clause of claims herein set forth. By means of this segmentalplate and locking device the runner-frame can be rigidly set in anydesired position and the weight of the front frame partly transmitted toand sustained by the ground-wheels.

Corn-planters have been provided with an adjustable drivers seat andwith a fixed notched segment and a lever connected by in termediatedevices with the front runners of the machine, whereby said runnerscould be raised or lowered by moving the lever rearwardly or forwardly,the said lever carryinga pawl engaging the notched segment, for thepurpose of looking it in its adjusted position. Such, broadly, is not myinvention.

I claim-- 1. The combination, with the standard 0, of the pivotedfoot-lever D, carrying the notched segmental plate G, and provided withthe footpiece F, and a locking device arranged to engage said notchedplate, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the standard 0 and the elevating and depressingfoot-lever D, carrying the segmental notched plate G, and provided withthe slot E and foot-piece F, of the lock-bar K, mounted upon saidstandard and provided with a suitable operating device or devices,substantially as described. 0

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of March,A. D. 1880.

ANDREW RUNSTETLER.

Witnesses:

WARREN M UNGER, E. P. MATTHEWS.

